Chapter 335: Bianliang Defeat
Hao Ren wore a white fox fur cloak, sat on the back of a snow-treading horse, and wrapped his white mink gauntlets around a monocular, just looking at the artillery positions where the two armies were fighting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As soon as he joined the army, the generals crowded behind Hao Ren, the north wind blew the handsome flag and waved it in the wind, making the sound of columns, and the breath of the war horses and people turned white.
"My lord, the sabers in the hands of the brothers are already hungry and thirsty, let the saber of the last general send these enemies to hell!" Yu Tongyuan hid under the bearskin, holding the saber under his crotch and said heroically.
"Don't worry!" Hao Ren put down his binoculars and stopped looking at the seemingly boring artillery battle. said calmly: "The attack is too urgent, I'm afraid he will run away!" ”
"The last general is willing to lead the army, go around the enemy's back, and cut off the enemy's retreat!" Chen Yutou, the head of the Shandong Army, said.
"There are too many enemies, go less, can't be stopped, go more, it's easy to be discovered by the enemy, and retreat early!" Hao Ren replied.
Yang informed the other generals and followed Hao Ren for a long time, and had never seen Hao Ren hesitate so much with his troops, obviously the enemy had already shown a full decline, if he launched an attack at this time, he could defeat the enemy at the cost of attacking the fortification.
Once the enemy is routed from the strong camp, the cavalry of the Qingfeng army will be like a wolf driving away a flock, and at this time, the victory is firmly in the hands of the Qingfeng army.
"Generals, don't worry, the lord has already sent General Fu Youde to the north along the canal, if Fu Youde captures Xuzhou and blocks the Yellow River, Zhu Chongba will never be able to return to Shandong, and an enemy in front of him will not want to run away!" Liu Bowen counted nine cold days, still shaking his feather fan, and said quite proudly.
The Qingfeng army had an absolute advantage at this time, but Zhu Chongba did not retreat under such a declining situation, nor did he part ways with Wang Baobao, so Hao Ren was quite puzzled.
Could it be that Zhu Chongba still holds a weight in his hand that can turn the tide of the battle? Or do Zhu Chongba and Wang Baobao have expectations?
Since Zhu Chongba did not retreat, and the scouts did not find that there were enemy troops nearby to pose a threat to the Qingfeng army, the Qingfeng army was backed by territory, and a steady stream of supplies and military supplies were transported from the road to prosperity, and there was no need for the Qingfeng army to risk casualties to attack the enemy's strong fortress.
Then wait for Fu Youde's army to go north from the canal and cut off the back road of Zhu Chongba's crossing of the river to Shandong, at that time, Zhu Chongba's grain road was cut off, and the way back was contained, and his army would inevitably not be defeated, and the Qingfeng army could completely annihilate Zhu Chongba's army in Henan.
"Are the people sent to Bianliang back?"
Since Hao Ren heard from Wu Liujiu, no one has sent information from Bianliang for a month, and he has already sent someone to Bianliang to inquire about the news, his brows twisted into a pimple, and he asked the people around him.
"Even if it's a fast horse, there is no delay on the road, I'm afraid that such a short time is not enough to go back and forth, the lord is in a hurry!" Liu Bowen replied.
In the distance, a group of embarrassed defeated soldiers, about seven or eight people, rushed all the way, and had already lost their original faces, and could only be inferred from the red scarves on their heads that the people who came should belong to the red turban army.
The first person, before he could see the appearance clearly, the war horse was already physically exhausted, and with a long roar, even the people and the horses were paralyzed to the ground.
Hao Ren couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the person who came like this—what kind of soldiers and horses are this? Defeated so embarrassed? Could it be that the scouts of the sentry have encountered an ambush from the enemy?
Yu Tonghe and other cavalry were clustered around Hao Ren, and before Hao Ren gave the order, Yu Tonghe had already taken a few guards and rushed over to meet him.
The man at the head of the shirt had already been unrecognizable, blood and mud had already covered the original color of the clothes, his eyes were scorched and black, his lips were cracked, and he could not see his original appearance at all, let alone his original age, and he could only infer from the beard on his chin that he must be forty or fifty years old.
"Handsome! Whining! Help, GI! The man collapsed to the ground, as if greatly aggrieved and frightened, and said with full weeping.
"Don't worry! Drink some water and speak slowly! Hao Ren commanded.
The man snatched the cowhide bag handed over by Yu Tonghe, and poured a lot of 'goo dong' and 'goo dong' into it, and then panted and said: "Hao Dashuai, I'm Sheng Wenyu!" ”
The name Sheng Wenyu is a well-known figure in Mingjiao.
When Liu Futong had not yet made his career, he was a figure with the same name as Du Zundao, known as the left and right protectors of Mingjiao, and after the Dragon and Phoenix Emperor Han Lin'er succeeded to the throne, he was even more to Du Zundao and Sheng Wenyu as the left and right prime ministers, and his status was very prominent in the Mingjiao and Longfeng regimes.
Liu Futong set himself up as prime minister after attacking and killing Du Zundao, and Sheng Wenyu's status was also demoted from prime minister to Zhongshu Pingzhang, but Sheng Wenyu's status in the Longfeng regime is still prominent, and he is almost the second person in the Longfeng regime after Liu Futong.
was originally a white and pure literati, but now he is embarrassed and even Hao Ren can't recognize it, and he has indeed suffered an unprecedented blow.
"Sheng Dashuai, where did you come from, was Bianliang broken by the enemy?" Hao Ren couldn't calm down anymore, and excitedly pulled Sheng Wenyu's collar and pulled Sheng Wenyu up from the ground.
If Bianliang is conquered by Meng Yuan, Liu Futong's Red Turban Army is annihilated, and the northern barrier of the Qingfeng Army will disappear completely, and the Qingfeng Army will face the threat of Zhu Chongba, Chen Youliang, and Meng Yuan at the same time.
"Bianliang, still in the hands of Liu Dashuai, however, Bozhou, which I am responsible for defending, has been conquered by the general Hulinchi of Chahan Timur, Bozhou is the only contact between Bianliang and the outside world, Bozhou fell into the hands of the enemy, Bianliang is already a lonely city at this time, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, tens of thousands of Red Turban soldiers, civil and military ministers, Gu is trapped in Bianliang City, please Hao Dashuai quickly send rescue troops to save the little blood left in Huainan by the Red Turban Army!" Sheng Wenyu raised his eyebrows.
Bozhou is the capital of the first time of the Longfeng regime, and its status is extremely important, so Sheng Wenyu is responsible for defending the old capital, and Bianliang has been besieged by Chahan Timur for a full month.
First, because Bianliang was relatively far away from the territory of the Qingfeng army, and secondly, Chahan Timur had already prepared to cut off the connection between Bianliang and the Qingfeng army.
Sheng Wenyu's army was defeated in Bozhou, unable to rescue Bianliang, so he could only retreat to Yingzhou with the remnants of the army, and when he arrived in Yingzhou, he heard that Hao Ren's army was fighting in Mengcheng, and he didn't have time to rest, so he rushed all the way to Hao Ren for help.
Since Liu Futong raised the incident in Yingzhou, he has wanted to go north to occupy Bianliang and realize the long-cherished wish of the Southern Song Dynasty to return to Bianliang. It took him several whole years, and finally adopted the method of the three-way northern expedition, pinning down a large number of Mengyuan troops in the north, and then occupied Bianliang.
Now Liu Futong is in the land of Huainan, only Yingzhou and Bianliang, and other large areas of land have all been occupied by Mengyuan, if Hao Ren wants to send troops from Mengcheng to rescue Bianliang, he will almost have to go through the route of Liu Futong to capture Bianliang again, how easy it is to say.
Moreover, the last time Hao Ren sent troops to rescue Bozhou, Liu Bowen and other civilian officials were strongly opposed, and now, Zhu Chongba still threatens the left wing, Chen Youliang threatens the right wing, Bianliang Road is far away, Hao Ren wants to divide troops to rescue Bianliang, how easy is it to talk about!
"How long can Bianliang still be able to support it?" Hao Ren asked.
"When Liu Dashuai sent me the first letter, it was said that Bianliang City had already run out of food, and the soldiers could only rely on the well mud to fry their hunger, I'm afraid, Bianliang City wouldn't be able to support it for long!" Sheng Wenyu said sadly.
Really? Then I'm afraid that there will be countless people starving to death in Bianliang City every day! (To be continued.) )